Life Inside An Incest Cult

Living in a row of tents and sheds, the Colt family kept to themselves on their little slice of land in southwest Austrailia. Also dubbed the Colt incest clan, the Colts are an Australian family engaged in over four generations of incest. The story starts with Tim and June Colt, a brother and sister from New Zealand, who moved to Australia and reproduced with one another, forcing their family members to do the same. Here's how authorities discovered the horrifying cult and uncovered years of abuse and neglect.

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For 40 years, the family grew. Brother and sister Tim and June Colt moved to New Zealand as children. After June married her brother, she gave birth to seven children: Martha, Frank, Paula, Betty, Cherry, Rhonda, and Charlie. The family then moved to Victoria, Australia. Within 40 years, the cult grew to include grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, as the Colt family engaged in various forms of incest.

The family rarely engaged with the town. Sometimes the Colt men sold firewood or did small labor jobs, but besides a few trips into town on their four-wheeler, they were hardly noteworthy. The women and children would topple out from time to time, dirty and rail-thin, and no one knew their names. To date, most still do not know who they are.

Schooling. The children only attended school when welfare officers visited. They needed remedial teaching due to their lack of education and mental disabilities. Many could not speak intelligibly.